Underway. Shift colors.

Underway. Shift colors.

"Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious." - George Washington

From my hotel window I can see CVN-74, USS John C. Stennis, getting underway for a deployment in the Western Pacific. It's been 15+ years since I've had to deploy on an aircraft carrier. Some of it I miss, most of it I don't.